Church Holy Days
There are six special feasts during the year which are called holy days of obligation. These have the same status as Sundays. This means that we are obliged to attend Mass on those days. This obligation devolves from the third commandment (‘Remember to keep holy the Sabbath day’) and is one of the six precepts of the Church (‘You shall attend Mass on Sundays and holy days of obligation’). This obligation is a grave responsibility on all Catholics and should a person miss Mass on a Sunday or holy day, without good reason (such as illness), one is obliged to go to Confession prior to receiving Holy Communion.

The current list of Holy Days is as follows:

6 January Epiphany of the Lord*
17 March St Patrick’s Day (Mass times as on Sundays)
15 August The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary*
1 November All Saints*
8 December The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary*
25 December Christmas Day (See notice board prior to Christmas for times of Masses) *

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St. Francis of Assisi was an ardent advocate of the doctrine of the indwelling of God in the human. It enabled him to love everyone equally whatever his position in life. One day he met a fellow who had no love for God. As they walked along, they met a man who was blind and paralyzed. St Francis asked the sightless cripple: “Tell me if I were to restore your eyesight and the use of your limbs, would you love me?” “Ah,” replied the beggar, “I would not only love you, but I would be your slave for the rest of my life.” “See,” said Francis to the man who maintained that he could not love God, “this man would love me if I gave him his sight and his health. Why don’t you love God who created you with eyesight and strong limbs?” That is what Jesus tells us in today’s Gospel. If we love Jesus because of the countless blessings he has given us, and so keep his word as the center of our life, he will start dwelling within us in the company of his Father and the Holy Spirit, making us the temples of the Triune God.

Annual mass for the deceased will take place in St Catherine’s Kilcully on Wednesday 29th May at 7.30 pm and Rathcooney Graveyard on Tuesday 2nd July at 7.30 pm.

Monthly Holy Hour to pray for vocations will be hosted by the Ursuline Sisters on Monday 27th May from 7pm to 8pm in the Ursuline Convent, Blackrock (access from Convent Road). Cup of tea to follow – all are welcome

2nd Collection this weekend is for The World Meeting of Families.There is a St. Vincent de Paul collection next weekend 1st/2nd June.

Last night as part of Cork Ecumenical Bible Week 2019 we had a discussion with Fr Ben Hegarty OP who gave a talk in our parish centre on the topic ‘We are Stewards not Owners…our Arrogance toward Creation’. To our surprise Fr. Ben went further to say that "We are in partnership with and not stewards of all of creation". Fr. Newman quoted Patrick Kavanagh "Let us lie down againDeep in anonymous humility and GodMay find us worthy material for His hand"

Fr. Ben quoted many wonderful psalms celebrating all of creation from the old testament - "But ask the beasts, and they will teach you", the birds will tell you, the bushes, the fish will declare to you - in Gods hand is the life of every living thing - Job 12 7-10

Pope Francis' Laudato Si "St. Francis of Assisi reminds us that our common home is like a sister"